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Webster 1913 Edition

Ostentate

Os′ten-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
ostentatus
, p. p. of
ostentare
, v. intens. fr.
ostendere
. See
Ostent
.]
To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ostentate

OS'TENTATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ostento.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

ostentate

ostentate

English

Verb

ostentate ‎(third-person singular simple present ostentates, present participle ostentating, simple past and past participle ostentated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
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Italian

Verb

ostentate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of ostentare
  2. second-person plural imperative of ostentare
  3. feminine plural of ostentato

Latin

Participle

ostentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ostentātus

Etymology

From Latin ostentatus, past participle of ostentare, verb intens. from ostendere. See ostent.

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